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Black Iowa Business Directory goes live

The Black Iowa Business Directory, an initiative led by the Director’s Council and the Financial Empowerment Center, is live online. The platform is designed to list statewide Black-owned businesses and allow customers to search for Black-owned …

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Festival to celebrate State Fair food and music

The Iowa Craft Beer Tent will host a festival that brings elements of the Iowa State Fair together for one weekend in August. 

The Butter Cow Festival, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, and Saturday, Aug. …

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Food Bank of Iowa has record distribution in June

Radio Iowa: The president and CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa says a record number of meals went out in June. Michelle Book said that in 2016 when she first arrived, they were serving about …

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Blackout Day encourages spending at black-owned businesses today

Des Moines Register: The Des Moines Black Lives Matter group is joining a nationwide movement to encourage spending at Black-owned businesses today. The national Black Lives Matter movement designated today as Blackout Day, during which “not …

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Ingersoll Live, Run the Avenues events canceled for 2020

Ingersoll Live and Run the Avenues, scheduled for Aug. 29, are canceled for 2020, the Avenues of Ingersoll & Grand’s board of directors announced today. The live music event and community 5K run will return …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Talking to Jane Elliott, who framed racism through blue eyes and brown eyes

Do you remember that Iowa elementary teacher who strayed from the path for her lesson plans in 1968? At the time, Jane Elliott worked for a school in Riceville when she watched news coverage of …

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Sens. Harkin and Dole to headline ADA 30th anniversary virtual rally

The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement is joining the Dole Institute of Politics, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate and George Bush Presidential Library & Museum to host a virtual …

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Food Bank, Orchestrate Hospitality, local nonprofits to provide meals to D.M. families

The Food Bank of Iowa, Orchestrate Hospitality and four local nonprofits — Urban Dreams, New Life Center, Catholic Charities and St. Vincent de Paul — are partnering to provide free hot meals to Des Moines …

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As nominated by colleagues and peers, the essential workforce is full of ‘dedication and resolve’

In the past, our photo issue has tended to tell the stories of CEOs and other leaders behind the scenes. With the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc around the world in 2020, we felt it was …

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A Closer Look: Ben Godar

Early in his career, Ben Godar was a journalist working for a community edition of the Los Angeles Times.   

During the day he wrote stories out of Burbank and Glendale, and in the evening …